Merry Christmas, friends.

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71. Best stage direction, ever. From The Winter's Tale.

The Bear
The play contains one of the most famous Shakespearean stage directions: Exit, pursued by a bear, presaging the offstage death of Antigonus. It is not known whether Shakespeare used a real bear from the London bear-pits,[24] or an actor in bear costume. The Royal Shakespeare Company, in one production of this play, used a large sheet of silk which moved and created shapes, to symbolise both the bear and the gale in which Antigonus is travelling.

I got to see this Shakespearean play at a one night showing at a local Cinemark. Great start to the holiday season.

Experience the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, starring Sir Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, captured live from the Garrick Theatre in London when Fathom Events and Picturehouse Entertainment bring the timeless production to cinemas nationwide for only one night on Monday, November 30.

Getting back on topic, Season's greetings to all the Pitt family, and best wishes for a happy and healthy new year. I keep up with your terrific writing at Truth Out & Jack Pine Radical.